1. Objective: To analyze the importance of the Monroe Doctrine.

2. Monroe Doctrine
· North and South America should no longer be thought of as areas for European colonization.
· The U.S. would not interfere with European affairs, and European countries should not interfere with the affairs of any nation in the Western Hemisphere.
GOALS:
- To protect the independence of new Latin American nations.
- To keep Russia from moving south into the U.S. from Alaska.

3. Monroe Doctrine, A Live Wire (New York Herald, by permission of the New York Sun, Inc.)